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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AP62 Publication ID: Spring 2010 
Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2010 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide 
Abstract: This action would authorize uses that will qualify for the 2010 critical use exemption from the phaseout of methyl bromide, and would also authorize the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced, imported, or supplied from inventory for those uses in 2010. EPA takes this action under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect recent consensus decisions taken by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer at the 20th Meeting of the Parties. The Parties have approved critical use methyl bromide every year since the phaseout in 2005. Since this rulemaking would confer a benefit by exempting the production and use of a phased-out chemical, there is no significant adverse impact on small entities. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671c(d)(6)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/23/2009  74 FR 61078   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/23/2009    
Final Action  04/00/2010    
Additional Information: SAN No. 5356; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-27822.pdf; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0351.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr/index.html  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jeremy Arling
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 6205T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 343-9055
Fax:202 343-2338
Email: arling.jeremy@epa.gov